USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Pershing County
Wootan Prospect
Unconfirmed Mercury Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing
- Mining district
- Goldbanks District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Cinnabar occurs in fractures in the limestone and shale. This site is not the same As jackpot claim (mrds m060495), As was previously reported. Jackpot claim is located south of of wootan prospect, As indicated in unpublished tingley (NBMG) fi…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Cinnabar
- Cinnabar
- commodity:Mercury
- Limestone
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 438334
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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